Hawaiian Airlines just announced a special sale for early 2016 travel from their U.S. cities, with airfares as low as $398 for those who dream of a getaway to the islands after the new year.<p>Oakland or San Jose to Maui is the most affordable route, totaling only $398 roundtrip to paradise. Other …

For years, the FDA told us to avoid whole milk. Maybe they were wrong.<p>For decades, the U.S. government tried to steer us away from whole milk, and the public listened. Sales of whole milk shrunk, as schools banned it from their lunch programs. But now scientists are beginning to question whether …

The planned Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon in the U.K. is poised to become one of the most innovative power plants ever constructed.<p>Just outside the Welsh city of Swansea, the U.K. is planning one of the most innovative power plants ever constructed. It’s not the plant’s size that is striking, though it …

It may be fictional, but the idea isn’t far off from existing technologies.<p>There are many ways to be invisible, and many kinds of eyes that can see you. Facial-recognition technology, for example, has some artists and designers devising ways to hide from face-detection systems. (Robinson Meyer wore …

Like any good scientist, Stephen Hawking has taken his time. A Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) that collected questions from the site's users back in July is today being answered comprehensively by the world's most famous living physicist. Unsurprisingly, given his high profile and the extended period …